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If you’re the kind of person who turns directly to the puzzle page of your local newspaper, it’s likely that you’ve spotted “Celebrity Cipher.” This celebrity-themed cryptogram, syndicated by Universal Uclick, appears six days a week in more than 70 newspapers across the country….
Luís Campos
Poet/humorist Luís Campos was born to write. At the age of 13 he edited, published, and distributed EL Fuego in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. This humorous daily included neighborhood/city gossip, funny stories, etc. In 1948, Luís emigrated to the U.S. and eventually settled in Los Angeles, California.
Luís Campos in other media
“Poetry by Luís Campos” Poetry! Compact disc for sale by Luís Campos was released May 31, 1994 on the New Alliance label. Poetry! CD music contains a single disc with 15 spoken word poems. Poems include: Ah, Poets! / Electric Poem In AC Minor / Immigrant / Badlands Rock / Caramba! / Foreign Graffiti / Facial Quality / 14th Street...
AMUSEMENT PARK RIDE
(’78)
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-Scream-propelled,
30 kids defy
grown-up gravity,,,
-Clockwise thrills
in a counterclockwise world.
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(’72/’73) One of my favorites>>>././././.
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-Victimized,
by a potato bug,
bugging the hell out
of the quiet man,
as he meditates,,,
bookwise,
coffeewise,
and otherwise
bored///
-Inflated,
for the ego trip,
with words of self-praise,
paved,
for a smoother,
full of better,
pats-on-the-back
ride…
-Mick Jagger,
at 3 in the morning,
frenetic background,,,
rolling rockers express sympathy,
for a deviate devil…
-Hypnotized,
the hard-working people snore,
to the salt of the earth.
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Read Poem/CommentUNDERDONKEY
(’71) Millennials: please Google
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-Mack burro,
at 5 a.m.
on the shoulder of the road…
10,000 kilometers
without a check-up,
20 gallons of white burden,
for the brown man…
-Trot on,
burro heaven can’t be
that far off
from burro hell,
and if not,
there’s always
Rafael Nader.
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Read Poem/CommentA POEM FOR PETER
(’92)
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– Peter from Santa Monica
likes my poetry,,,
told me so.
– I see him at most of
my readings,
waving a mental sign that says,
“Fan.”
– If Peter is in the audience…
please spread your
good vibrations.
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Read Poem/CommentAN INVESTIGATION OF THE RAIN
(’82)
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– All around the yard,
puddles do impressions of
South America, Australia,
the Virgin Islands…
– The corner of the living room
had a leak last year,
and the year before –
another hole for my psyche…
– Emergency!
I see water on the bathroom floor
& look out the window…
– It’s flooding!
– I put on boots, get a shovel
& go outside,,,
the poncho of discontent
wrapped around my baldness…
– After an hour of shoveling mud
I get a blister on the palm
of my right hand,
but the channel I dug
opens up Lake Nacimiento…
– It’s coming down again,,,
for two weeks now
the sky has been doing #1
on the city.
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